Our episode today focuses on the mother, Wanda Gibson Maddux,
and explores her background to see how it fits with research on
family violence and see if it explains anything about why she was
involved with Ronnie Maddux in a violent relationship.

Happy Birthday, Melisha. If you were still on this earth,
March 10, 2018, would have been your 46th birthday. Although
only four years old when she died, Melisha knew love and she was
cherished. People loved her, they just couldn’t save
her. Happy birthday, Missy.

Since one of my goals is to use academic research to explain
what was happening in the Maddux home, the first subject we need to
discuss in Ronald Maddux. How and why did he behave in this
manner and why did the mother allow it? I believe that Ronald
fits the profile of a Patriarchal Terrorist, also known as...